#BC2D2F#BC2D2F

#BC2D2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.180 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2D2F
RGB	rgb(188, 45, 47)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.42, 56.06, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.42, 65.73, 31.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% 0.1624 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.18 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1931, 12.7768, 3.9864)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2D2F #2DBCBA

analogous

#BC2D76 #BC2D2F #BC722D

triadic

#BC2D2F #2FBC2D #2D2FBC

tetradic

#BC2D2F #76BC2D #2DBCBA #722DBC

square

#BC2D2F #76BC2D #2DBCBA #722DBC

split-complementary

#BC2D2F #2DBC72 #2D76BC

monochromatic

#591516 #8B2123 #BC2D2F #D55153 #E18284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#BC2D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#BC2D2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2D2F

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2D2F	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58502D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 45, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.180 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97268',
    500: '#bc2d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2d2f;
$custom-light: #d97268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.161,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52533,
    "c": 0.17963,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2D2F

secondary

#7BCAC9

accent

#E4E243

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2D2F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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